Primary school students are also afraid of being "single"

(Dan Tri) - In Korea, many elementary school students are also afraid of being labeled as... "single". This mentality appears partly because they are exposed to too much psychological and emotional content for adults.

Recently, a Korean parent - Ms. Jang Yoon-jeong (45 years old) - shared in an interview that she was surprised when hearing her children talk about "dating pressure", even though her children were only elementary school students. Students who have never "dated" anyone will be teased by other students as "permanently single".

“Dating” at this age is also quite simple. Jang’s children told her that friends who claim to be “lovers” will have “dates” during recess. The “couples” will play together or in groups of friends, but will appear to be especially close.

The "precocious" mentality of elementary school students is causing many teachers and parents in Korea to worry and be confused (Illustration: Focused).

As a mother, Jang Yoon-jeong said she felt confused and troubled, not expecting her children's generation to be under such strange pressures.

There are elementary school students who proudly show off to their friends that they have a lot of “dating” experience. In fact, the story that Ms. Jang Yoon-jeong shared is also a phenomenon that is attracting quite a bit of attention from education experts in Korea.

Nowadays, even elementary school students are starting to fear being labeled as “single”. This mentality appears partly because children today use electronic devices from an early age, they are easily exposed to a lot of emotional and psychological content for adults. This causes many children to develop a “premature adulthood” mentality.

A male parent named Kim Joong-whan told The Korea Herald (South Korea): “When my son explained about the dating pressure at his age, I was really shocked. What problems are elementary school children facing in their development these days?”

An anonymous elementary school teacher said she often had to find ways to talk privately with some students who were showing excessive intimacy with each other, such as kissing on the cheek, even on the lips, or touching to show affection.

“My students are quite comfortable discussing love with each other, even though they are young. Things that were previously considered sensitive, they now talk about very naturally,” said the teacher.

Education experts advise parents to gently help their children gain age-appropriate understanding of love (Illustration: Focused).

While some parents see the love affairs of primary school students as innocent and not a cause for concern, many other parents feel worried and confused. Many parents believe that the psychology of young children today develops too quickly, making it difficult for them to grasp.

Some education experts and elementary school teachers in Korea have spoken out to emphasize the importance of parents caring for, accompanying, and educating children about love from an early age.

Sex education experts also advise that instead of scolding harshly, parents should gently help their children gain age-appropriate understanding of love, as well as appropriate emotional and behavioral limits with classmates.

In particular, parents and teachers should not scold or harshly criticize children about love affairs, but should have guidance to help children understand correctly what they should do, appropriate to their age.

In fact, young children are also under psychological pressure to compete or simply follow their friends, while they do not really understand what they are doing. Teaching children how to express, accept or reject unwanted feelings in an appropriate way is gradually becoming an important content that many parents in Korea will need to teach their children from elementary school.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/hoc-sinh-tieu-hoc-cung-so-e-20250807162452815.htm